Open C Guitar Tuning  -  CGCGCE

2  Basic Chords

C Major (I)

These are probably the best of many variants

  
E|| | |1| | |
C|| | | | | |
G|| | | | | |
C|| | | | | |
G|| | | | | |
C|| | | | | |
Usually 1st finger, but can be any
 
E|| | |1| | |
C|| | | | | |
G|| | | | | |
C|| | | |2| |
G|| | | | |3|
C|| | | | | |
 

D Minor (ii)

No easy yet good sounding Dm, but the 7/11 variants are strong

  
Ex | | | | |
C|| |B| | | |
G|| |B| | | |
C|| |B| | | |
G|| |B| | | |
C|| |B| | | |
Dm
 
E||1| | | | |
C|| |4| | | |
G|| |3?| | | |
C|| |2| | | |
G|| | | | | |
C|| | | | | |
With C bass = Dm7, with G bass = Dm11, then 3rd string open, 3rd finger on 2nd string

E Minor (iii)

  
E|| | |1| | |
C|| | | |4| |
G|| | | |?| |
C|| | | |2| |
G|| | | | | |
Cx | | | | |
? is optional, so 4 is often 3

F Major (IV)

  
E||1| | | | |
C|| | | | | |
G|| |3| | | |
C|| | | | | |
G|| |2| | | |
C|| | | | | |
 
 
E|| | | |4| |
C||B| | | | |
G||B| | | | |
C||B| | | | |
G||B| | | | |
C||B| | | | |
   V        

G Major (V)

  
E|| | |4| | |
C|| |3| | | |
G|| | | | | |
C|| |2| | | |
G|| | | | | |
C? |?| | | |
? is optional

A Minor (vi)

Beautiful A Minors are characteristic of the tuning

  
E|| | | | | |
C|| | | | | |
G|| |3| | | |
C|| | | | | |
G|| |2| | | |
C|| | | | | |
3rd & 4th fingers also often used
 
E|| | | | |4?|
C|| | | | | |
G|| |1| | | |
C|| | | |2| |
G|| | | | |3|
C|| | | | | |
? is a stretch, but well worthwhile